Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability

Eco-Music Monday: Arrested Development “Greener”

Let’s be honest, it costs more to be green. It’s even harder when you’re poor. Alternative hip hop group, Arrested Development, paints a vivid picture of being black and green while dealing with daily struggles of life with lines like,

“Bill collectors call round the clock at their home;
But they still wanna gone & replace their light bulbs;
Blacks want to be green, we wanna recycle;
Many of us poor so we take the mass transport”